Old/New Testament
22 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,
2 “May a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself?
3 “Is it anything to the Almighty if you are righteous? Or is it profitable if you make your ways upright?
4 “Is it because of your fear that He rebukes you, or goes with you into judgment?
5 “Is not your wickedness great, and your iniquities innumerable?
6 “For you have taken the pledge from your brother for nothing, and spoiled the clothes of the naked.
7 “To such as were weary, you have not given water to drink. And you have withdrawn bread from the hungry.
8 “But the mighty man had the Earth. And he who was in authority dwelt in it.
9 “You have cast out widows empty, and the arms of the fatherless were broken.
10 “Therefore snares are all around you, and fear shall suddenly trouble you,
11 “or darkness, so that you should not see. And abundance of waters shall cover you.
12 “Is not God on high in the heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are.
13 “But you say, ‘How should God know? Can He judge through the dark cloud?
14 ‘The clouds hide Him so that He cannot see, and He walks in the circle of Heaven.’
15 “Have you marked the way of the world, wherein wicked men have walked?
16 “Who were cut down before their time? Whose foundation was as a river that overflowed?
17 “Who said to God, ‘Depart from us,’ and asked what the Almighty could do for them?
18 “Yet He filled their houses with good things. But let the counsel of the wicked be far from me.
19 “The righteous shall see them and shall rejoice and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn.
20 “Surely our substance is hidden. But the fire has devoured the remnant of them.
21 “Therefore, please acquaint yourself with Him and make peace. Thereby you shall have prosperity.
22 “Please receive the Law of His Mouth and lay up His Words in your heart.
23 “If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up. You shall put iniquity far from your tabernacle.
24 “You shall lay up gold for dust, and the gold of Ophir, as the flints of the rivers.
25 “Yea, the Almighty shall be your defense, and you shall have plenty of silver.
26 “And you shall then delight in the Almighty, and lift up your face to God.
27 “You shall make your prayer to Him, and He shall hear you. And you shall render your vows.
28 “You shall also decree a thing, and He shall establish it to you. And the light shall shine upon your ways.
29 “When others are cast down, then shall you say, ‘I am lifted up,’ and God shall save the humble person.
30 “The innocent shall deliver the island, and it shall be preserved by the pureness of your hands.”
23 But Job answered, and said,
2 “Though my talk be in bitterness today, and my plague greater than my groaning,
3 “I wish that I knew how to find Him. I would enter into His place.
4 “I would plead the cause before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 “I would know the Words He would answer me and would understand what He would say to me.
6 “Would He plead against me with His great power? No, He would surely acknowledge me.
7 “There the righteous might reason with Him. So I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
8 “Behold, if I go to the East, He is not there. If to the West, yet I cannot perceive Him.
9 “If to the North where He works, yet I cannot see Him. He will hide Himself in the South, and I cannot behold Him.
10 “But He knows my way, and tries me. I shall come forth like gold.
11 “My foot has followed His steps. I have kept His way, and have not declined.
12 “Nor have I departed from the Commandment of His Lips. I have treasured the Words of His Mouth more than my appointed food.
13 “Yet, He is One and who can turn Him? Yea, He does what His Mind desires.
14 “For He will perform that which is decreed for me. And many such things are with Him.
15 “Therefore, I am troubled at His presence. And in considering it, I am afraid of Him.
16 “For God has softened my heart. And the Almighty has terrified me.
17 “For I am not cut off in darkness. But He has hidden the darkness from my face.”
24 “How should not the times be hidden from the Almighty, seeing that those who know Him do not see
2 “Some remove the landmarks, those who rob the flocks and feed on them.
3 “They lead away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox to pledge.
4 “They make the poor turn out of the way, so that the poor of the Earth hide themselves together.
5 “Behold, others as wild donkeys in the wilderness go forth to their business and rise early for a prey. The wilderness gives him and his children food.
6 “They reap his provision in the field, but they gather the late vintage of the wicked.
7 “They cause the naked to lodge without garment, and without covering in the cold.
8 “They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and they embrace the rock for want of a covering.
9 “They pluck the fatherless from the breast and take the pledge of the poor.
10 “They cause him to go naked without clothing and take the gleaning from the hungry.
11 “Those who make oil between their walls, and tread their winepresses, suffer thirst.
12 “Men cry out of the city, and the souls of the slain cry out. Yet, God does not charge them with folly.
13 “These are those who abhor the light. They do not know its ways or continue in its paths.
14 “The murderer rises early and kills the poor and the needy. And in the night, he is as a thief.
15 “Also, the eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, and says, ‘No eye shall see me,’ and disguises his face.
16 “They dig through houses in the dark which they marked for themselves in the day. They do not know the light.
17 “But the morning is as the shadow of death to them. Indeed, they are known in the terrors of the shadow of death.
18 “He is swift upon the waters. Their portion shall be cursed on the Earth. He will not behold the way of the vineyards.
19 “As the dry ground and heat consume the snow waters, so shall the grave the sinners.
20 “The womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed on his sweetness. He shall be remembered no more, and the wicked shall be broken like a tree.
21 “He preys on the barren who does not bear, and does no good to the widow.
22 “But He draws the mighty by His power. When He rises up, no one is sure of life.
23 “Though men give Him assurance to be in safety, yet His eyes are upon their ways.
24 “They are exalted for a little, but they are gone and are brought low, as all others. They are destroyed and cut off, as the top of an ear of corn.
25 “But if it is not so, where is he? Who will prove me a liar and make my words of no value?”
11 Now the Apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the Word of God.
2 And when Peter had come up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision examined him,
3 saying, “You went to uncircumcised men and have eaten with them.”
4 Then Peter began expounding it in order to them, saying,
5 “I was in the city of Joppa, praying. And while in a trance, I saw this vision: a certain vessel, coming down as a great sheet, let down from Heaven by the four corners. And it came to me.
6 “When I had fastened my eyes on it, I considered, and saw four-footed beasts of the Earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and birds of the heaven.
7 “Also I heard a voice, saying to me, ‘Arise, Peter. Kill and eat.’
8 “And I said, ‘Absolutely not, Lord! For nothing common or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’
9 “But the voice answered me a second time from the sky, ‘The things that God has purified, do not make common.’
10 “And this was done three times, and all were taken up again into the sky.
11 “Then behold, immediately there were three men who had already come to the house where I was, sent to me from Caesarea.
12 “And the Spirit said to me that I should go with them, without doubting. Moreover, these six brothers came with me. And we entered into the man’s house.
13 “And he showed us how he had seen an angel in his house, who stood and said to him, ‘Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter.
14 ‘He shall speak words to you, whereby both you and all your house shall be saved.’
15 “And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, just as upon us at the beginning.
16 “Then I remembered the Word of the Lord. How He said, ‘John baptized with water. But you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.’
17 “If, then, God gave them a similar gift to the one He gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could hinder God?”
18 When they heard these things, they kept silent, and glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted repentance unto life to the Gentiles.”
19 And those who were scattered because of the affliction which arose about Stephen, passed through until they came to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, preaching the Word to no one except the Jews.
20 Now some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come into Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, and preached the Lord Jesus.
21 And the hand of the Lord was with them, so that a great number believed and turned to the Lord.
22 Then, word of those things came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem. And they sent forth Barnabas, to go as far as Antioch;
23 who, when he had come and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and encouraged all to continue in the Lord with purpose of heart.
24 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost, and faith. And many people joined themselves to the Lord.
25 Then Barnabas left for Tarsus to seek Paul.
26 And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it so happened that they met with the church a whole year and taught many people. And the disciples were first called “Christians” in Antioch.
27 In those days, Prophets also came from Jerusalem to Antioch.
28 And one named Agabus stood up and signified by the Spirit that there would be great famine throughout all the world (which also happened under Claudius Caesar).
29 Then the disciples, everyone according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers who dwelt in Judea;
30 which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
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